Force of nature

Alexsandro Tamari Martins alexmartbr at gmail.com
Fri Oct 15 14:14:51 UTC 2004


Martin,
Thanks by your translation of my ideas, that´s exactly. In fact my
english is terrible.. hehehe


On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 10:35:22 +0200, Martin Pitt
<martin.pitt at canonical.com> wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> J.B. Nicholson-Owens [2004-10-14 20:01 -0500]:
> > Alexsandro Tamari Martins wrote:
> > >If we are planning to work together to develop a great universal software,
> > >we need to learn to respect cultures and opinions. We can´t force our
> > >ideas
> > >ou way to live to another people.
> >
> > What force are you referring to?
> 
> It forces you to accept pictures of real people to be on your monitor
> *as defaul* and *as the very first thing that you see*, without even an
> obvious and easy way to change the Gnome Splash screen. "Force" just
> because it is not opt-in, but opt-out.
> 
> If we want to respect cultures and opinions, we need to ship a default
> theme that is acceptable in every part of the world.
> 
> Disclaimer: This is my personal opinion only, no official statement.
> 
> Martin
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